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straight-arm definition

☆ straight·-arm (-ärm′)

transitive verb

to push away (an opponent, as a would-be tackler in football) with the arm outstretched

noun

the act of straight-arming

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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